recant

A. The word is recant. (ri-kant)
-Blair S.
B.
You cant persuade me to recant my statements about the evils of our government.
-Nick T.
C.
recant: To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
http://www.answers.com/topic/recant
- joe t

D. Dan W.


E.
synonyms:

abnegate, annul, call back, cancel, contradict, countermand, deny, disclaim, disown, recall, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, void, withdraw

antonyms:
reaffirm
(http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/recant)
-Jennifer Y.

F. When I was little I told one of my classmates that I didn't like her shoes, but my mom heard me and made me recant my statement. I had to take back what I said and apologize.
-Amber Z.

H. http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v18/i1/darwin_recant.asp
It therefore appears that Darwin did not recant, and it is a pity that to this day the Lady Hope story occasionally appears in tracts published and given out by well-meaning people.
(ashley)